Zucker reminds me of a really cute version of the Octoroks from Legend of Zelda xD
On another note: how creepy it is you can catch actual octopi in the sea and then gift it to octopi villagers... o_o
It sounds like a death threat.
I like the octopi and that there are only a few. It is rather odd that they are both land-dwelling villagers and creatures to fish from the sea. It makes me think that these villagers are mutant. And perhaps all the villagers are mutant and have their respective species normal somewhere else in the world (hence snow bunnies and zodiac bobbles being the shape they are).